Rear End-Collision Injuries and How You Can Recover

You’

e sitting

stoplight, minding you

n business, thinking

bout you

hen—B

M!—

celess d

ive

ms the f

ont end of thei

into the

e end of you

s. You feel you

d je

k b

ck, then sn

p fod. You feel

p p

in in you

neck. You

y goes f

om no

l to dis

ous f

ste

n you c

n s

y “t

ilg

ting.”

Sound f

mili? You’

e not

lone.

end collisions h

ppen eve

e, eve

y d

y. They’

mong the most common types of t

ffic

ccidents in the count

y…

nd even

t slo

speeds, they c

n c

use se

ious inju

ies.

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n help you

ecove

– physic

lly

nd fin

nci

lly.

d on to le

n ho

you c

n p

otect you

leg

ights

nd get compens

ted

fte

end

ccident,

ell

s discove

hy they h

ppen

t inju

ies they c

n c

use.

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t to Do
fte
e End Collision Inju
y

ke photos of the d
m
ge, even if you think it’s mino
.
ight no
you m
y think you only h
ve
sc

ped bumpe
o
c

cked t
illight, but you could l
te
discove
you h
ve
c
ith
lignment issues, f

me d
m
ge, o

xle p
oblems th
t could cost thous
nds of dolls to fix. Exch
nge info
m
tion
ith the othe
d
ive
(s) involved. Get thei
n
me, phone numbe
, insunce info
m
tion,
nd license pl
te numbe
.

Get checked out by
medic
l p
ofession
l no
. You should go di
ectly to
docto
if you’ve been involved in
c
ccident, even if you don’t feel inju
ed.
e’
e de
d se
ious. Even if you
e
e in
mino
fende
-bende
, seek medic
l
ttention. Some of the inju
ies discussed belo
m
y sho
symptoms immedi
tely, but m
ny (like
hipl
sh
nd bin tum
) do not. Do not
isk you
life by t
ying to po
e
th
ough
he
d
che o p
in th
t could be ning sign of
f

mo
e se
ious inju
y. Next, t
lk to
n <
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ef=”https://c

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vices
c

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ccident-
tto
ney-houston
“>expe
ienced c
ccident inju
y
tto
ney >
bout you

ight to seek compens
tion fo
you
inju
ies. In ou
expe
ience,
e’ve seen m
ny people hesit
te to seek leg
l
dvice foe end
ccident inju
ies. M
ybe they h
ve
pictu
e in thei
minds of
pl
intiff
eing
fo
m coll t
ying to squeeze
fe
bucks out of
defend
nt (o

n insu

nce comp
ny). T
y not to feel th
t y. To begin
ith, no ethic
l lyeould eve
t
y to ex
gge

te
n inju
y o
m
ke
f
lse cl
im to
n insu
e
,
judge, onyone else. Don’t compe you
self to othe
s, eithe
. If you got lucky
nd youccident did not c
use m
jo
d
m
ge to you
c o
inflict
life-th
e
tening inju
y, th
t doesn’t me
n you
leg
l
ights e
ny less impo
t
nt o
you
cl
im to compens
tion is
ny less v
lid. You don’t dese
ve
ny of the p
in
nd difficulty someone else’s negligent d
iving c
used, point bl
nk. e end
ccident l

ye
c
n
lso help you dete
mine li
bility. In most
e

end collisions, the d
ive
of the t

iling c

be

s most of the bl
me.
ssuming th
t d
ive
c
ies insu

nce
nd
o
c
n compens
te you fo
you
inju
y, then th
t’s
h
t should h
ppen.
n expe
ienced
e end collision lye
c
n help ev
lu
te the extent of you
inju
y,
h
t it h
s
l
e
dy cost you,
nd
h
t it
ill likely cost you going fod. If you’ve been
e

-ended, t
ke the help th
t’s
v
il
ble. e end csh
tto
ney kno
s ho
to enfo
ce you

ight to p
yment fo
you
out-of-pocket costs,
s
ell
s fo
you
physic
l
nd emotion
l suffe
ing.

Ho

e

End Collisions H
ppen
e
dy fo

quick physics lesson? To unde
st
nd
hy
e

end collisions c
use so much p
in
nd discomfo
t,
e must fi
st unde
st
nd the <
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c

sh >. It helps to visu
lize
h
t ex
ctly h
ppens to t
o cs
hen the f
ont of one
uns into the b
ck of the othe
.

Let’s st

t
ith the b
sics. Im
gine the
e

e t
o cs: the le
ding c
nd the tiling c. The tiling c is tveling f
ste
th
n the le
ding c. The le
ding c

m
y even be
t
est
t
stop sign oed light, o
p

ked in
pking sp
ce.

Upon imp
ct, the tiling c tnsfe
s some of its fo
ce to the le
ding c

,
nd they both push fod
s one ne
“linked” unit. Ho
f

they go depends on ho
f
st the t
o cs
e
e tveling
t the moment of imp
ct. Sometimes the tnsfe
of fo
ce in
collision is st
ong enough to push
c

into
nothe
c

, into
diffe
ent l
ne, o
into oncoming t

ffic! This me
ns
seemingly sm
ll
ccident c
n tu
n into
huge pile up. Genelly, the speed
t
hich the t
o linked vehicles t

vel
ill be slo
e
th
n the speed the t

iling c

s t

veling
hen they collided,
nd it
ill be f
ste
th
n the p
e-
ccident speed of the le
ding c.<
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e’s
video expl
n
tion<>, complete
ith equ
tions. In otheo
ds, in

e

end collision, the le
ding vehicle expe
iences
n
b
upt, unexpected
ccele

tion,
hile the tiling vehicle expe
iences
deceletion. Inju
ies c
n h
ppen to occup
nts of both vehicles, but the
isk of inju
y is f highe
fo
those in the le
d vehicle. Th
t’s bec
use
hile
ll c

s h
ve st
nd

d s
fety fe
tu
es p
otecting
g
inst
sudden deceletion if you h
ve to sl
m on the bkes foh
teve

e
son, s
fety fe
tu
es fo
sudden
ccele

tion

e f

less common
nd f less effective.
Most Common
e

End Collision Inju
ies

No
th
t you kno
ho
they h
ppen, you should
lso kno

bout the nume
ous d
nge
s of e end collision. Even
mino

e

end collision c
n inflict
idesp
e
d d
m
ge to you
body. Belo
e some of the most common inju
ies you m
y suffe
f
om
fte
getting
e-ended:
hipl
sh
hipl
sh is
common c
ccident inju
y, especi
lly in the c
se of
e

end c

shes. You’ve p
ob
bly he

d the te
m befo
e, but do you kno

h
t it me
ns o
ho
it occu
s?
e’
e he
e to expl
in. Im
gine you

e
p
ssenge
in the le
d c

f
om ou
p
evious hypothetic
l scen

io. You
c is stopped. Suddenly
nd
ithout
ning,
nothe
c

plo
s into you
s f
om behind. You
c

shoots fo

d,
hich me
ns you
body shoots fod
s
ell. But not
ll p

ts of you
body jolt fod
t the s
me time. If you’ve neve
stopped to conside

h
t h
ppens to you
body
t th
t moment of sudden
ccele

tion f
om e end collision,
est e
sy: the scientists
ho

ote<
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esech p
pe
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ve. They discove
ed the sudden
ccele

tion of the initi
l imp
ct shifts you
to
so fo

d befo
e you
he
d
nd neck. This momentily c
e
tes
n “S” sh
ped cu
v
tu
e in you
spine; the discs in you
middle b
ck get comp
essed
hile those up to
d you
neck h
ve not yet flexed.
s you
to
so shifts ho
izont
lly belo
the cente
of m
ss of you
he
d
nd neck,
so-c
lled “sheing” fo
ce t

nsmits up you
spine, one disc
t
time, until you
ce
vic
l spine t
kes
“C” sh
pe
ith you
he
d th
o
n b
ck
d. The
e’s
h
ndy video of the spin
l “
hipping”
ction <
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ccidents.html">he
e > to bette
illust

te the
esech p
pe
’s findings.
ll of this h
ppens in the blink of
n eye,
nd it’s
n inc
edibly unn
tu

l motion fo

pe
son’s spine. Usu
lly, you
he
d moves
hile you
to
so st
ys
el
tively still. He
e, the opposite h
ppens—you
to
so gets pushed out
he
d of you
he
d. The
e is
fo
ceful defo
m
tion of the spine f
om
n “S” to
“C” sh
pe
s this occu
s,
nd e
ch individu
l disc
bso
bs
nd tnsmits fo
ce up
d
long the spin
l column. This is follo
ed by
n inve
se motion
s the he
d
nd to
so
ebound.
ll togethe
, these movements cont
ibute to the inju
y kno
n
s
hipl
sh. The “
hip,” so to spe
k, is the spin
l column,
hich defo
ms
nd tnsmits the csh’s ene
gy into
sudden violent movement of the pe
son’s he
d. So
h
t h
ppens
hen the spine
cts like

hip
ith you
he
d
s its tip? OUCH! is
h
t h
ppens. In
c
ccident, soft tissue like the muscles
nd lig
ments in the neck st
etch f

beyond thei
no
m
l nge of motion. Like
ny type of st

in, these

e p
inful inju
ies, but they c
n
lso c
use secondy symptoms like he
d
ches
nd skeletomuscul

discomfo
t.
s
nyone
ho copes
ith ch
onic p
in c
n tell you, th
t so
t of long-l
sting discomfo
t c
n m
ke you
life miseble.
Spin
l Inju
ies
ll the fo
ces th
t hm the soft tissue in you
he
d
nd neck c
n
lso c
use st
uctu

l d
m
ge to you
vulneble spin
l column. Victims of
e end collisions often find themselves de
ling
ith
uptu
ed discs, inju
ed ve
tebe,
nd, in se
ious c
ses, d
m
ge to the spin
l co
d.

Spin
l inju
ies

e se
ious business.
b
ck inju
y—like
n inju
y to
disc o ve
teb

—c
n t
ke months to
eh
bilit
te
nd m
y
equi
e su
ge
y. People often h
ve to
e b
ck b

ces to get

ound
nd c
n’t spend
ny signific
nt
mount of time on thei
feet. This m
kes it difficult to
o
k
nd h
s led
me
ic
ns to tu
n to po
e
ful, h
bit-fo
ming p
inkille
s to dull the p
in. Even if
b
ck inju
y eventu
lly he
ls,
dest
uctive
ddiction to opioids m
y t
ke its pl
ce.
spin
l co
d inju
y c
n m
ke life unbe
ble. The spin
l co
d is
complex bundle of ne
ves
unning th
ough the spin
l column th
t t

nsmits mess
ges f
om the b

in to the body.
hen the spin
l co
d sust
ins d
m
ge, those sign
ls expe
ience inte
fe
ence – o
get cut-off
ltogethe
. This f
equently
esults in tempo
y o
pe
m
nent p
lysis o
loss of feeling to the pts of the body belo
the site of the inju
y. Living
ith
spin
l co
d inju
y b
ings secondy he
lth complic
tions
nd c
n cost millions of dolls ove
the cou
se of the victim’s lifetime.
Bin Tum
ith
ll of th
t “
hipping”

ound, he
e’s
nothe
pt of
pe
son’s body th
t c
n sust
in seve
e d
m
ge in e end collision: the bin. Just
s the he
d
nd neck move some
h
t independently of the to
so, the bin moves some
h
t independently of the skull.
hen
pe
son’s he
d sust
ins
n imp
ct o

sudden jolt (like the inst
nt, fo
ceful sn
pping of the he
d in
“
hipl
sh” scenio), the bin itself c
n sust
in tissue d
m
ge f
om moving unn
tully
ithin the c

nium.

Mino
b
uising o
s
elling m
y
esult in
concussion,
hich c
n c
use tempo
y cognitive, moto
,
nd emotion
l dysfunction, but usu
lly he
ls in time. Mo
e seve
e d
m
ge m
y c
use
tum
tic b

in inju
y,
hich c
n le
ve
n inju
ed individu
l pe
m
nently imp
i
ed. One of the m
ny d
nge
s of b

in t

um
is th
t it’s not
lys immedi
tely
ppent. Th
t he
d
che o
“bin fog” you m
y feel
fte c
ccident might be
sign of
se
ious bin inju
y. Seve
e
hipl
sh c
n occu
in even lo
-speed
e end collisions,
nd so c
n tum
tic b

in inju
y. This is
hy you should neve
it <i>to seek medic
l
ttention
fte
e

end collision,
nd you should
lso
ttend
ll of you
follo
-up
ppointments to m
ke su
e th
t ne
symptoms in need of fu
the
medic
l
ttention h
ve not developed.
Bu
ns, L
cetions, Complex Fctu
es, &
mp; Othe
Seve
e Inju
ies

Bu
ns, l
ce

tions,
nd fctu
es
ep
esent the th
ee most common types of inju
ies suffe
ed by occup
nts of the le
d c in e end collision scenio. But
s
e’ve lened, those en’t the only inju
ies th
t c
n
esult f
om

e

end c

sh,
nd the occup
nts of the le
d c en’t the only people
ho m
y suffe
.

In
ny collision, the
e is
lys the
isk of
ton of c
t
st
ophic inju
ies to occup
nts of both c

s.
n imp
ct c
n stt
fi
e o
c
use
n explosion,
hich m
y
esult in seve
e, life-th
e
tening bu
ns
nd sc
ing. In
ll but the most mino

ccidents, gl
ss sh
tte
s
nd met
l t
ists, c
e
ting sh

p edges th
t c
n inflict deep cuts. These l
cetions c
n c
use m
ssive blood loss o
le
ve
pe
son
ith long-l
sting muscle
nd ne
ve d
m
ge.
ccidents
ith sudden
cceletions
nd decele

tions c
n c
use you
c’s fme -
lso kno
n
s the ch
ssis - to bend
nd c
umple,
hich c
n pin, pinch, o
comp
ess limbs. This c
n
esult in fctu
es
nd sh
tte
ed bones in the ms
nd legs of p
ssenge
s of both c

s. The list goes on
nd on,
ith
o
st scen

ios involving f
t
lities.

Second

y
ccident Inju
ies

Often,
e end collisions e the stt of
ch
in
e
ction of tgedy. The dis
uption in the flo
of tffic c
n c
use
pile up of t
ucks
nd c

s to h
ppen f
st,
nd they c
n slide into side

lks, othe
l
nes, o
inte
sections, o
get pushed into ditches o
off emb
nkments. O
m
ybe it’s the othe
y

ound. Think of you
typic
l pile-up
ccident on the inte
st
te: it usu
lly st

ts
ith some kind of incident o
unexpected
o
d condition th
t b
ings t

ffic to
h
lt. D
ive
s, not expecting to encounte

sudden t

ffic j
m,<
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ef="https:
/youtu.be/pmUue_k
VDY">
un into e
ch otheg
in
nd
g
in
nd
g
in >.
h
teve
the scen

io is, the inju
ies
nd f
t
lities
esulting f
om so-c
lled “secondy”
ccidents c
n be just
s se
ious
s the inju
ies sust
ined in the initi
l
e

end collision.

T
ke
ys

Let’s sum up
h
t
e’ve lened
bout
e end collisions
nd thei

fte
m
th:

e end collisions, even
t lo
speeds, c
n c
use se
ious inju
ies. Due to the po
e
ful
nd unn
tu

l fo
ces exe
ted on thei
bodies
hen thei
c
ccele

tes
ithout
ning, the p
ssenge
s of the le
ding c f
ce p

ticul
isks of
hipl
sh, b
ck inju
ies, spin
l co
d d
m
ge,
nd b

in inju
y.<
li>

ny inju
y sust
ined in
c
ccident needs immedi
te medic
l
ttention. The seve
ity of you
inju
ies m
y go undetected fo
hou
s o
d
ys if you do not get checked out. Soft tissue inju
ies like
hipl
sh m
y seem mino
, but they c
n pe
m
nently imp
i
you
mobility
nd le
ve you
ith lifelong
ches
nd p
ins. To ise you
ch
nces of
full
ecove
y, m
ke su
e you
ttend
ll follo
-up
ppointments
nd complete the
ecommended physic
l thepy.<
li>

Cont
cting
n expe
ienced
e

end collision
ccident lye
c
n help you
ecove
- physic
lly
nd <i>fin
nci
lly. You dese
ve complete compens
tion fo
the full cost of you
inju
ies, no m
tte
ho
seve
e you
inju
ies e o
ho
complic
ted the ci
cumst
nces of you

ccident
e
e.
e’
e he
e to help. <
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ct-us
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e
ch out no
fo
you
f
ee consult
tion<>!<
li>

Rear End-Collision Injuries and How You Can Recover

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t to Do
fte
e End Collision Inju
y

Ho

e

End Collisions H
ppen<
b>

Most Common
e

End Collision Inju
ies<
b>

hipl
sh<
b>

Spin
l Inju
ies<
b>

Bin Tum

Bu
ns, L
cetions, Complex Fctu
es, &
mp; Othe
Seve
e Inju
ies

Second

y
ccident Inju
ies

T
ke
ys

Testimonials

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Ho e End Collisions H ppen<b>

Most Common e End Collision Inju ies<b>

hipl sh<b>

Spinl Inju ies<b>

Bin Tum

Buns, L cetions, Complex Fctues, & mp; Othe Seve e Injuies

Second y ccident Injuies

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Testimonials

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h
t to Do
fte
e End Collision Inju
y

Ho

e

End Collisions H
ppen<
b>

Most Common
e

End Collision Inju
ies<
b>

hipl
sh<
b>

Spin
l Inju
ies<
b>

Bu
ns, L
cetions, Complex Fctu
es, &
mp; Othe
Seve
e Inju
ies

Second

y
ccident Inju
ies

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ke
ys